This classic cookie icing recipe calls for just five ingredients, is easy to make, and sets quickly for fast cookie decorating. Tricia is a recipe developer and tester for Dotdash Meredith with a ...

You can either spread it quite casually, work it into little peaks or spread it flat and smooth using a clean ruler or icing spreader. Leave to dry before decorating with Christmas ornaments.

Ready-made icing can be bought from most supermarkets, but it is easily made at home: the core ingredient, icing sugar, is widely available. When making fat-based icings such as buttercream, use ...

One of the greatest pleasures of the season is decorating Christmas cookies with a perfect royal icing: a technique that transforms simple cookies into edible works of art. Royal icing ...

Another easy way to decorate, she offers, is to whisk confectioners' sugar with a bit of milk, cream, juice, or water until the mixture is smooth and runny. After you drizzle the icing over the ...

You’ll need lots of spiked eggnog, a big, flat space you don’t mind getting full of colored icing, and a group with a creative spirit. You’ll need a gingerbread man cookie cutter, tubes of pre-made ...